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El Salvador - Monitoring country progress in drinking water and sanitation (MAPAS) (Inglés)

Abstracto en inglés

This report presents the results of a sector analysis and dialogue carried out during the implementation of the Monitoring Country Progress in Drinking Water and Sanitation (MAPAS) regional initiative in El Salvador. The MAPAS analysis generated a scorecard... Vea más +This report presents the results of a sector analysis and dialogue carried out during the implementation of the Monitoring Country Progress in Drinking Water and Sanitation (MAPAS) regional initiative in El Salvador. The MAPAS analysis generated a scorecard which evaluates the service delivery pathway in four subsectors of water supply and sanitation (WSS): rural water, urban water, rural sanitation and hygiene, and urban sanitation and hygiene. The report lists priority actions suggested for each subsector. The results indicate that it is essential to advance the country's legal and institutional reform of the WSS sector. The reform should result in effective governance in the application of sector policies and in a programmatic, needs-based planning approach that has a concrete impact on unserved populations. It should enable the establishment of an autonomous regulatory authority that promotes service providers' efficiency and ensures the quality and sustainability of WSS services. The MAPAS financial assessment revealed the need to ensure the provision of funds to rehabilitate and replace the systems that are approaching the ends of their lifespans in order to sustain results already achieved and meet the national and Millennium Development Goals targets by 2015. While El Salvador is on track to reach those Goals, sustaining the achieved results is compromised by rapid urban population growth and an insufficient investment in the sector. Compiling information systematically on financing, service access, and quality and improving the sector information services are crucial to having a well-informed sector planning process and, ultimately, high quality and sustainable WSS services.
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